Category: <span>Self Improvement</span>

Category: Self Improvement

Leadership, Life Balance, Self care, Self Improvement

Tips for Transitioning after the Pandemic

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Hope you all are well and getting outside to enjoy some of this Spring weather.  As my blog readers know, getting outside in nature to relax and renew is an important part of self-care. Don’t miss the Spring! And as we transition from Winter to Spring, it’s a good time to consider the transition to the world after the Pandemic. Recently, SIYLI (Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute) conducted a global survey that included 59 countries. In that survey, 85% of respondents reported that Emotional Intelligence skills were critical for the present and in the near future for all of us, personally and professionally!  We need now, more than ever, to deepen our human, heart-centered skills to make some big transitions.  Check out this article from SIYLI! Here are the article highlights and some excellent tips: Many of us are probably feeling a mixture of both excitement and anxiety about returning to (a new version of) “normal” life.  The future we are shaping will require authenticity and vulnerability—pillars that we collectively strengthened over this last year.  Human-centered skills like mindfulness and emotional intelligence can support our re-entry process. These skills support us to reflect on what we learned. Then, we can integrate those lessons …

Communication, Leadership, Self Improvement

Energize Your Workplace with Empathy

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by Marguerite Ham I have often been asked “What is the difference between empathy & sympathy?” Although they are similar, they do have different meanings, especially when it comes to the workplace. Empathy is a great quality to develop to improve your leadership skills by building meaningful relationships with those you lead.  Empathy definition Webster Empathy is defined as the ability to understand the thoughts feelings or emotions of someone else. An example of empathy is feeling the same amount of excitement as a friend, when they tell you they’re getting married. Empathic: the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others. Sympathy Definition Webster Sympathy is defined as feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune: an understanding between people; common feeling.  In general, ‘sympathy’ is when you understand and care about the feelings of another person; ’empathy’ is when you share those feelings.  Sympathy means together, at the same time; a shared feeling of community and understanding of those feelings.  Empathy emphasizes the notion of projection. You have empathy for a person when you can imagine how they might feel based on what you know about that person and share those feelings. Empathy and Sympathy …

Coaching, Leadership, Self Improvement

How Accountability and Resilience are Connected

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I recently had a conversation with a client which generated a leadership AHA! about how accountability and resilience are connected.  In this situation, a millennial was involved.  He had been working for a year with this organization, and his manager had had 18 conversations about performance issues with this person.  Several of these challenges created liability issues for the organization, customer service failures, and employee morale issues for the people they work with and serve.   The situation became more complicated because this person was friends with the owner of the company.  Lots of challenges here! Millennials What Do Millennials Want? Millennials.  There have been lots of conversations, complaints, discussions and challenges stated about Millennials in the workplace.  Simon Sinek states in his famous You Tube, “BEST SPEECH EVER – Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace”, with more than 2.5 million views: “Millennials, born approximately 1984 and after, are tough to manage and accused of being entitled, and narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused, lazy.  But entitled is a big one.  Because they have confounded leaders so much, they have asked of Millennials, ‘what do you want?’  Millennials are saying, ‘We want to work in a place with a purpose. We want to …

Self care, Self Improvement, Success

Apathy … Sooner or Later

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Sooner or later, Apathy strikes!  It may show up in our personal lives, and it may show up in our professional lives.  And, as we know, if we have a personal challenge it can, and most likely will, creep into our professional lives as well.  So, it is important to be self-aware of when you are having these feelings and dig into their root cause.  By definition, apathy is where we feel a lack of motivation, incentive, and enthusiasm, not just for work, but for many areas in our lives.  Typically, many factors contribute to these feelings, including circumstances and conditions around us.  When we succumb to some of the negative aspects of these circumstances, we tend to lose hope. Self awareness is key Here are some root causes of apathy, that may be contributing to your personal feelings: Stress Disappointment Difficulty in reaching personal and/or professional goals Loss of faith in yourself or others My research shows that if one does not identify the root cause and move through it, apathy can lead to deeper, more destructive feelings like guilt, shame and self-pity.  That is not where we want to go!  Apathy is a temporary state of being – …

Self Improvement, Success

Chart Your Course for Change

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You can’t get where you’re going if you don’t know where that is! Every year, it is a great idea to chart your course for the upcoming year by creating a Vision Board. What is a Vision Board? A “visual” representation of what you want to create or what you want to accomplish. I recently read an article on the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware. They are: I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard/much. I wish I had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that I had let myself be happier. Take a good look at that list. I bet we all can relate to something on it, no matter what age we are currently! So, my question to you is: What are you going to do about it??? I am reading a leadership book, Boundaries for Leaders by Dr. Henry Cloud; he says that leaders need to create boundaries. The definition of boundary is: a structure that determines what will exist and what …

Self Improvement, Success

I Wish YOU Would Change!

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Can you believe it’s March already? Spring arrives this month, so we “spring forward.” Before April comes, there will be a bustling feeling of rebirth and renewal in the air. Consequently, we feel an urge to make a change in our own lives. Are you stuck in a rut? Spring is a great time to consider change in our lives, whether it’s personal or professional, mental or physical or spiritual, ourselves or our relationships. Too often, we get stuck in ruts and wish things would change, or try to change only to find that it’s way harder than we thought. This month, our blog theme is change, in order to greet spring and renew and rebuild ourselves! How do we know we need a change? Some of the thoughts that may run though our heads are: “I only wish (Name) would change and do (this – fill in the blank)!” “(This) just keeps on happening to me!” “Why can’t (name) behave or do (this)!” It’s not you — it’s me. It’s only natural when we’re not entirely happy with the status quo that we wish others would change around us and live up to our expectations.  Actually, the only person we have the power to change is OURSELVES!  Pay attention to how you are responding and …